[Madhatter]

Do they? I don't know anybody that looks to religion for moral guidance. People look at a council that preaches recycle this recycle that, be multicultural, buy fair trade and then notice that they don't, in the name of saving tax payers money and they think oh thats ok, they're saving taxpayers money so it's ok that they don't, I'll just carry on doing what they preach but don't practice.

I don't think so. They have to practice what they preach. how can they promote the town as a fair trade town but say fair trade is a few pence extra, so they can't afford it. How can they say you should be recycling everything but not buy recyceld planters because they're slightly dearer. They have to do the right thing, even if you don't think it is.
The things that matter, the things that cost more than a 2.99 jar of coffee from petty cash, the council has to get three quotes on, our council does down here and so should yours